Spills · hurricane
Port arthur, tx
Hurricane Ike: Response Information; Port Arthur, Tx · NOAAORR-7893
- issued
- 2008-09-13 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2008-09-27 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2008-09-27 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.867, -93.900
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Hurricane Ike: Response Information; Port Arthur, TX. Port Arthur, TX. 1. Hurricane Ike made landfall during the early morning hours of Sept. 13, 2008, in the Galveston/Houston area of Texas as a Category Two/Three Hurricane (~110mph winds). Storm surge was 20-25ft in some areas. There was severe wind, storm surge and flooding damage in large regions of Texas. The USCG, FEMA, and National Guard personnel are responding. This ResponseLINK Hotline has been established to provide general updates and aid in providing NOAA products to other state and federal agencies during the preparation and expected post-landfall emergency response. Any specific incidents that NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) responds to would likely generate a separate Hotline Account with Ike as a prefix. 2. THREAT: OTHER. TAGS: HURRICANE. 3. POSITION 29.867N 093.900W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7893: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7893
This area · spills & pollution incidents
659 within 180 nm since 1973 · 15 in the last 12 months · 1 in force now
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- Intermittent oil sheen; flower garden banks national marine sanctuary, bright bank2026-08-25
- Release of aluminum phosphide in M/V thorco liva; port arthur, texas2026-07-28
- Mystery oiled shoreline at holly beach; cameron parish, louisiana2026-07-10
- Johnson bayou, la2026-06-17
- 2726 gillespie, crystal beach, tx 77650, USA2026-05-16
- On april 27, 2026, the U.S2026-04-27
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
Worldwide now
8 spills & pollution incidents in force · see all
Spills
Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings. All current spills & pollution incidents →
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